Infrastructure: I survive in troubled times

Chapter 425

"This is forcing people to take military merits to exonerate them." Han Qinhu said as he looked at her with raised brows.

"That's right." Hong Lianshuo looked at him calmly and said.

"We are lazy, cheating and cheating. Although we will not break the law, we will be despised." Jiang Shuisheng said without thinking.

"Did you see it?" Hong Lianshuo looked at them with surprise in his eyes and said, "This is the difference. There are punishments, but there are no harsh punishments."

"One body has two sides, and only with such a severe punishment can the whole people be unified and efficient." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with deep and bright eyes and said, "There is no freedom in front of absolute rules. Of course, no one in this world wants to We can do whatever we want, we are all bound."

"That's true. It's said that if you become an emperor, you can do whatever you want?" Jiang Shuisheng nodded and said, "But I don't think the emperor has fallen well." He snorted coldly, "Hmph! Not good Being the master of the people is what you deserve.”

"So! Freedom is relative." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with eyes like black ink that could not be melted away and said, "Everyone must be bound by ethics and laws."

"Now I understand that the Qin law is strict. If I didn't do this, I would have been swallowed up by the six kingdoms." Han Qinhu looked at her with ginger-brown eyes and said.

"So sometimes you can't just judge good or bad from your point of view." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with glazed eyes and said, "In the final analysis, it is appropriate to echo the situation of Qin at that time."

"If you break the law, you are encouraged to redeem with military merit." Lin Nanzheng looked at her with phoenix eyes and said, "Only military merit!"

"Yes!" Hong Lianshuo looked at them with bright eyes and said, "This system allows Qin to create a powerful army that sweeps across the six countries!"

"The king often confers titles on nobles and heroes, and uses titles of different levels to indicate the identity and status of nobles or heroes. Jue was originally just a wine vessel, and the ancients had a sequence of high and low when drinking, so that the nobility has a division As a function of rank, titles have gradually evolved into a distinction of status." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with bright eyes and said, "The system of titles in the pre-Qin period and the hereditary clan system and enfeoffment system are mutually exclusive. Soil, where there is land, there are people. For example, in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the princes and marquises were the monarchs of the feudal country, and all the taxes in the feudal country, that is, the money bags, belonged to them. Later, the feudal titles also had a certain food, but they did not collect it themselves, but Appropriate by the dynasty. During this period, the knights were only royal nobles, and the rewards were based on the distance of the blood relationship of the clan."

"But the blood relationship is not solid." Hong Lianshuo looked at them sarcastically and said, "They are all sons of the emperor, why can't I do it! If the old emperor dies, why should my children and grandchildren kneel down to the new emperor! It's royal blood, it's not fair."

Hong Lianshuo looked at them with clear eyes and said, "So the eldest son inheritance system ensures the smooth transition of power to the greatest extent, even if the eldest son is mediocre."

"There are endless debates between the leaders and the virtuous, and it will be bad for the empire." Lin Nanzheng looked at them with deep eyes and said, "Many of the kings and hegemons in the Central Plains are not heirs. Choose well, brothers fight against the wall."

"Our emperor, whose head was beheaded by the Sangong, dedicated it to Yidi because he stole his brother's throne." Han Qinhu took a deep breath and said.

"During the Warring States period, the world was in chaos, and wars broke out everywhere. If the vassal states do not want to perish, they must become rich and strong in order to win the cruel annexation war. The needs of the war forced the vassal states to carry out reforms and adopt the following methods. The new nobility system based on military merits and deeds, bestows nobility to talented and meritorious people and encourages them to work for them. There is a fundamental difference in the salary' system. It no longer regards relatives, so it uses merit as the criterion for rewards." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with dark eyes like ancient wells and continued, "Because of the implementation of the military merit system, all countries have received different degrees. It is the benefit of a rich country and a strong army. Moreover, whichever country's military merit system is more perfect and reasonable, the combat effectiveness of the country's army will be higher."

"And Qin State has the highest combat effectiveness." Jiang Shuisheng looked at them with bright eyes and said, "Because he executed it most thoroughly."

"Yes! The military merit system established by the Qin State is the most typical, the most perfect, and the most thorough implementation." Hong Lianshuo nodded happily, looked at them with gentle eyes and said, "Guess which country has the first military merit?"

"Does this need to be said? Of course it is Qin, it is the winner!" Jiang Shuisheng said without thinking.

"Really not." Lin Nanzheng looked at him with phoenix eyes and said with a smile, "Wei State was the first country among the nations to carry out reforms, and it was also the first to implement the military merit system. Therefore, in the early Warring States period, Wei State was powerful and ruled the roost for a while. Chu State started from Wu After the reform and the implementation of the military merit system, within a few years, "Ping Baiyue in the south, merge with Chen Cai in the north, but three Jins, and attack Qin in the west", the country's power has been greatly improved. Yan also has "a prince who has no merits should not be granted a title" and "do not use personal wealth It is a system of military merit and nobility awarded to those who have more meritorious service."

"Then why didn't they succeed?" Jiang Shuisheng asked curiously.

"Because it can't be carried out!" Hong Lianshuo said simply, "Do you still remember that Bai Qi attacked Chu State? Why did the people of Chu State help Bai Qi?"

"I remember." Jiang Shuisheng said with black eyes lightly shaking, "There is no strict enforcement from top to bottom."

"The transfer of the official title is commensurate with the merit of beheading. The number of enemies killed is the criterion for rewarding titles." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with deep black eyes and said, "The rewards for the high ranks are heavy, and the rewards for the low ranks are light. Rewards are lower than officers."

Han Qinhu's tea-colored pupils danced with flames and said, "It is recorded in the "Book of Shang Jun Territory" that an army can kill [-] enemies' heads in besieged cities, and [-] enemies' heads in field battles. The generals and officials at all levels of the army can be rewarded." He said a little excitedly, "The specific rewards are: from public servants to Daliang Zao, all are given one level of nobility, and generals, ginseng and imperial officials are given three levels of nobility. , There are three hundred families in the tax city; the former nobles are five senior officials, there are six hundred families in the tax city, and they accept guests. The high-ranking nobles above the elders all have three hundred families in the city and three hundred families in the tax."

Nu Nuzui said again, "It's not hard to see that there are strict grade boundaries for bestowing nobles. Among them, the five senior officials are a watershed. Those above the five senior officials are highly rewarded, while those below are lightly rewarded. Only titles of five or more doctors can be enjoyed."

"What about those without a title?" Jiang Shuisheng asked curiously.

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